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Dover, DE vs Council Bluffs, IA

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- Council Bluffs has 40% less violent crime than Dover.
- Council Bluffs has 20% more property crime than Dover.
 Dover, DECouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock22.522.7
 Property Crime69.9  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 8 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 10 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 16 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Dover, DelawareCrime Index
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 Kenton, DE6.55
 Frederica, DE10.5
 Clayton, DE17.1
 Wyoming, DE22.35
 Cheswold, DE23.2
 Felton, DE23.3
 Riverview, DE29.15
 Highland Acres, DE36.4
 Houston, DE37.6

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